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Audio RecordingInseparable : the original Siamese twins and their rendezvous with American history Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available A portrait of Chang and Eng Bunker, twins conjoined at the sternum by a band of cartilage and a fused liver, who were 'discovered' in Siam in 1824. Their rise from subhuman, freak-show celebrities to rich southern gentry; their marriage to two white sisters, resulting in 21 children; and their owning of slaves, is a Hawthorne-like excavation of America's historical penchant for the abnormal,...- Contributor: Huang, Yunte - Ochlan, P. J.
- Date: 2018
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Audio RecordingNo stopping us now : the adventures of older women in America history Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available In her lively social history of American women and aging, acclaimed New York Times columnist Gail Collins illustrates how age is an arbitrary concept that has swung back and forth over the centuries. From Plymouth Rock (when a woman was considered marriageable if "Civil, and under 50 years of ageâ‚‚") to a few generations later, when they were quietly retired to elderdom once they...
- Contributor: Eby, Tanya - Collins, Gail
- Date: 2019
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Audio RecordingPatrick and Steve Laughlin describe Irish American history and culture in Anaconda, Montana, part 5
- Contributor: Stanton, Gary Ward - Laughlin, Patrick "Pudgo" - Laughlin, Steve
- Date: 1979-08-30
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Audio RecordingPatrick and Steve Laughlin describe Irish American history and culture in Anaconda, Montana, part 3
- Contributor: Stanton, Gary Ward - Laughlin, Patrick "Pudgo" - Laughlin, Steve
- Date: 1979-08-30
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Audio RecordingPatrick and Steve Laughlin describe Irish American history and culture in Anaconda, Montana, part 4
- Contributor: Stanton, Gary Ward - Laughlin, Patrick "Pudgo" - Laughlin, Steve
- Date: 1979-08-30
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Audio RecordingPatrick and Steve Laughlin describe Irish American history and culture in Anaconda, Montana, part 2
- Contributor: Stanton, Gary Ward - Laughlin, Patrick "Pudgo" - Laughlin, Steve
- Date: 1979-08-30
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Audio RecordingPatrick and Steve Laughlin describe Irish American history and culture in Anaconda, Montana, part 1
- Contributor: Stanton, Gary Ward - Laughlin, Patrick "Pudgo"
- Date: 1979-08-30
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personal narrativeEdward Anthony Valdez Collection Grenada--History--American Invasion, 1983.- Contributor: Chelsea High School - Valdez, Edward Anthony - Widmayer, Christine - Learman, Marta
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Audio - 00:30:51.0
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personal narrativeMark W. Keiser Collection Sergeant, Air Force, Grenada--History--American Invasion, 1983 - Grenada.
- Contributor: Lugar, Richard - U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar - Keiser, Mark W. - Keiser, Audrey
- Date: 1982
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Audio - 00:16:55.0
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personal narrativeKevin Sylvester Collection Army, Haiti--History--American intervention, 1994-1995 - Haiti.
- Contributor: Cambron, Jordan - Sylvester, Kevin
- Date: 1990
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Audio - 00:20:38.0
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personal narrativeSteven Sommerville Collection Army, Panama--History--American Invasion, 1989 - Panama; Afghanistan.
- Contributor: Lugar, Richard - Sommerville, Steven - U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar - Williams, Geena
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Audio - 00:20:43.0
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personal narrativeSean Patrick Sammon Collection Specialist Four, Army, Grenada--History--American Invasion, 1983 - Lebanon; Granada.
- Contributor: Sammon, Sean Patrick - Flagler College - Murphy, Colleen - Voguit, Steve
- Date: 1982
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Audio - 00:30:31.0
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CollectionThe Library of Congress Celebrates the Songs of America See and Hear American History Through Song "Know the songs of a country and you will know its history for the true feeling of a people speaks through what they sing."- Date: 1581
Collection Items: View 50,136 Items
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CollectionAfrican-American Band Music & Recordings, 1883-1923 The core of this presentation consists of "stock" arrangements for bands or small orchestras of popular songs written by African Americans. In addition, we offer a smaller selection of historic sound recordings illustrating these songs and many others by the same composers (the arrangements might not necessarily be the same as those on the stocks). Educational materials include short biographies of composers and performers...- Date: 1883
Collection Items: View 365 Items
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CollectionAmerican Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I The Nation's Forum recordings were made between 1918 and 1920 in an effort to preserve the voices of prominent Americans; in most cases, they are the only surviving recordings of a speaker. The project originated with St. Louis attorney Guy Golterman (1879-1967), an active supporter of the opera and other performing arts. With the endorsement of the Department of State's Committee on Public Information...- Contributor: Wood, Leonard - Daniels, Josephus - Rockefeller, John D., (John Davison) - Hitchcock, Gilbert M. (Gilbert Monell) - Coolidge, Calvin - Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) - Poindexter, Miles - Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison) - White, George - Baker, Newton Diehl ... Wood, Leonard - Daniels, Josephus - Rockefeller, John D., (John Davison) - Hitchcock, Gilbert M. (Gilbert Monell) - Coolidge, Calvin - Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) - Poindexter, Miles - Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison) - White, George - Baker, Newton Diehl - Clark, Champ - Lane, Franklin K. - McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs) - Long, Breckinridge - Owen, Robert L. (Robert Latham) - De Valera, Éamon - Pershing, John J. (John Joseph) - Gerard, James W. (James Watson) - Palmer, A. Mitchell (Alexander Mitchell) - Cummings, Homer S. (Homer Stillé) - Purdy, Richard A. (Richard Augustus) - Lodge, Henry Cabot - Gompers, Samuel - Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt - Butler, Nicholas Murray - Colby, Bainbridge - Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel) - Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel) - Lewis, James - Vanderlip, Frank A. (Frank Arthur) - Cox, James M. (James Middleton)
- Date: 1918
Collection Items: View 97 Items
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personal narrativeJason P. McConnell Collection E-5, Army, Panama--History--American Invasion, 1989 - Central America; Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
- Contributor: Lugar, Richard - McConnell, Jason P. - U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar - Stearman, William
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Audio - 00:33:40.0
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personal narrativeSammy Kellar Collection Specialist, Army, Panama--History--American Invasion, 1989 - Fort McClellan, Alabama; Redstone Arsenal, Alabama; Fort Polk, Louisiana.
- Contributor: Kellar, Sammy - Cape Fear Community College - Kellar, Garrett - Brennan, Bob
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Audio - 00:31:22.0
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personal narrativeYaushadia Coleman Collection Staff Sergeant, Army, Haiti--History--American intervention, 1994-1995 - Fort Drum, New York; Haiti.
- Contributor: Powell, Bryce - Coleman, Yaushadia - Boy Scouts of America
- Date: 1993
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Audio - 00:30:32.0
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personal narrativeMark Anthony Jeffers Collection E-5, Army, Grenada--History--American Invasion, 1983 - Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Sinai, Egypt.
- Contributor: Lugar, Richard - U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar - Jeffers, Mark Anthony - Farrow, Carol
- Date: 1980
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Audio - 00:56:41.0
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personal narrativeKwart L. Thomas Collection Corporal, Marine Corps, Grenada--History--American Invasion, 1983 - South Carolina; Mississippi; California; Japan; Philippines; Washington, DC.
- Contributor: Touro College, New York, New York - Goodman, Lana - Shulman, Galina - Thomas, Kwart L.
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Audio - 00:15:55.0
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personal narrativeM. Dean Hamann Collection Captain, Air Force, Panama--History--American Invasion, 1989. Air Force, Persian Gulf War, 1991.
- Contributor: Lugar, Richard - Hamann, M. Dean - U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar - Hamann, Stephen
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Audio - 00:31:15.0
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personal narrativeJohnnie Williamson Collection Sergeant, Army, Grenada--History--American Invasion, 1983 - Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Grenada.
- Contributor: Williamson, Johnnie - Cape Fear Community College - Brennan, Bob
- Date: 1980
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Audio - 00:36:18.0
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personal narrativeKristy A. Abbott Collection Sergeant, Army, Haiti--History--American intervention, 1994-1995 - Cuba; Haiti; Korea; Panama; Honduras.
- Contributor: Jones, Andrea - Abbott, Kristy A. - Abbott, Corey - Sumner Memorial High School
- Date: 1992
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Audio - 00:46:53.0
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personal narrativeJohn S. Linquist Collection Sergeant, Army, Panama--History--American Invasion, 1989 - Fort Ord, California; Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Panama.
- Contributor: California State University Monterey Bay - Ryce, Enid - Linquist, John S. - Pena, Luis
- Date: 1987
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Audio - 00:38:12.0